Lot Essay
Williamson and Engleheart (supra) record that Mrs Hoste sat for Engleheart in 1787.
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Mrs Dixon Hoste, in white dress with wide frilled collar, grey sash, white bandeau in her long powdered curling hair
Details
GEORGE ENGLEHART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)
Mrs Dixon Hoste, in white dress with wide frilled collar, grey sash, white bandeau in her long powdered curling hair
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with plaited hair reverse
Mrs Dixon Hoste, in white dress with wide frilled collar, grey sash, white bandeau in her long powdered curling hair
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with plaited hair reverse
Literature
G. Williamson/H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III, London, 1902, p. 100.
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